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Bloomberg | Mas Prepares for Early Vote in Catalonia Boosted by PollsMas is setting up an ad-hoc platform to bring together pro-independence voters across the ideological spectrum, said Josep Rull, the secretary for Convergencia Democratica de Catalunya, one of the two parties that comprises Catalonia’s ruling CiU coalition. That broad support would allow him to call an early election regardless of whether he can persuade separatist rival Oriol Junqueras to sign up to a joint ticket.

Guardian | Catalan president faces multiple charges after independence referendum
Although various judges have backed away from what they saw as the use of the judiciary for political ends, the attorney general has now formally charged Mas, as well as the vice-president, Joanna Ortega, and the Catalan education minister Irene Rigau. The text of the charge claims that Mas “planned, supported and financed” the 9 November poll in defiance of the constitutional court.